Workday’s new learning functionality is a box breaker. Their new release makes it possible to reimagine every bit of workflow as a learning experience. For example, recruiting is learning and onboarding is Learning. John Sumser has the full story in, Learning With Workday Part I.

Data drives decisions. And there’s no shortage of data these days. Susan LaMotte writes about what can go wrong with the knee-jerk reaction that often follows. Read Susan’s post on Data Fatigue.

In this week’s Five Links post, John Sumser covers the gig economy, finding a job that doesn’t exist, Predictive analytics in healthcare, the technology behind Workday’s apps, and how many formulas you should learn.

Deb Calvert is the President of People First Productivity Solutions, a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge, an ICF-Certified Executive Coach, and an instructor at UC Berkeley. Listen to Deb Calvert on HRExaminer Radio.

Jeanne Achille is Devon’s CEO. She founded the award-winning PR agency in 1994 and today is considered by many to be one of the best public relations professionals in the business. Jeanne Achille is on HRExaminer Radio.

“I see it all the time. Our obsession with broad data trends and benchmarking leads to a flurry of often unnecessary activity. As HR leaders we’re so worried that we’re not doing enough our strategy isn’t strategy at all. It’s knee-jerk reaction.” – Susan LaMotte

It’s harder than ever to stay on top of the flow of massively conflicting claims about what works and what doesn’t in HR Technology. In our feature article this week, John Sumser puts things in order with some old fashioned Sense Making.

Legal Editor Heather Bussing looks at a case at Ford where they fired an employee for violating their sexual orientation policy while the employee claimed religious discrimination for being fired. Read, Religious Expression and Discrimination.

The battle over great recruiters reigns supreme. In this week’s feature article, Susan LaMotte asks if you’re betting your talent acquisition strategy on long–term performance or short–term wins. Read all about it in, Recruiters Matter in Quality of Hire. In her article, Privacy: Drawing Lines, Heather Bussing has the latest on the privacy debate and a review of the new book, Terms of Service: understanding our role in the World of Big Data.

On December 12th at The Bently Reserve in San Francisco Jeanne Achille, John Sumser, and William Tincup roll out the latest Master Class in HCM. On HR Examiner Radio John speaks with Suzanne Donner from Tatum where they discuss new research about the CFO–HR connection. Enjoy!

We’re focused on Diversity this week with two new articles from Heather Bussing. In, Diversity: Get Off My Lawn, Heather discusses the Us vs. Them thinking that derails most efforts to achieve greater understanding and appreciation of our differences. In, Diversity: Voices of Discrimination, Heather curates a thoughtful selection of stories from people across all walks of life, experiencing all kinds of discrimination.

Susan LaMotte is back to talk about HR’s increasingly importantly role in Big Data in, If You Think Big Data is All Numbers, Think Again. Heather Bussing continues her Humans of Work photo series with China Gorman. On HR Examiner Radio this week John Sumser speaks with Dwaine Maltais, EVP and GM of Technomedia. Enjoy!

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